Guest alice Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 I've got a situation with a PC where the log on screen says the security log is full and only the admnistrator can fix this. I try to log on as administrator, and it tells me your account has been disabled, please see your administrator. I'm guessing that what needs to happen is the security log simply needs to be cleared out, and the settings set to delete old entries as new ones come in, but I need to be able to get into the OS to do this. Is there some way to make a floppy that boots to a DOS prompt, and then a way to get to the log file and clear it out manually? And if so, does anyone know what file I'd be looking for?
Guest Lem Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 Re: security log full - cannot log in alice wrote: > I've got a situation with a PC where the log on screen says the > security log is full and only the admnistrator can fix this. I try to > log on as administrator, and it tells me your account has been > disabled, please see your administrator. > I'm guessing that what needs to happen is the security log simply > needs to be cleared out, and the settings set to delete old entries as > new ones come in, but I need to be able to get into the OS to do this. > Is there some way to make a floppy that boots to a DOS prompt, and > then a way to get to the log file and clear it out manually? And if > so, does anyone know what file I'd be looking for? > Have you tried to log on with the built-in Administrator account? In XP Pro, press ctrl-alt-del twice at the Welcome screen and select Administrator. The default password is blank. For XP Home, you'll have to start in Safe Mode. Once you've logged in as Administrator, follow directions here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/867860/en-us -- Lem MS MVP -- Networking To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
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